1909 Sporting Life page

For those of you who have a few minutes to kill, here's a wonderful page from the Sporting Life of May 22, 1909:

http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrary/SportingLife/1909/VOL_53_NO_11/SL5311009.pdf

Bill

Actually here is the link to a whole series of Sporting Life "The Loyal Champion of Clean Sports" (from 1883 to 1917).

Some really wonderful stuff here:

http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrary/SportingLife/

Bill

Very cool reading Bill, Thanks!

Mike

What better way to get through a weekend than with a beverage (or several) of one's choice and some great old baseball articles.

My weekend is shot. I don't know about yours...

Bill

Great stuff.

Do you have a copy of the swimsuit issue?

Do you have a copy of the swimsuit issue?

I don't, but I was able to find this. To each his own, I guess....

http://rlv.zcache.com/swimsuit_beauty_at_the_beach_1909_print-ra14a53f2724b4d70ac96c7ab7e922569_a62r8_8byvr_512.jpg?bg=0xffffff

Bill

As much as the world has changed, we can still read the box score and know it was 90 feet to first base.

Good stuff, indeed, for a leisurely holiday weekend.

Also, funny comments about the 1909 Swimsuit Issue.

I noticed that Honus Wagner and friends played for "Pittsburg" not "Pittsburgh." This led me to poking around on the internet to this explanation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etymology_ ... ontroversy
Bottom line is that the "h" at the end of Pittsburgh was officially dropped for 20 years, then restored.